Gotham Rising : New York in the 1930s.

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New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so defines the city as we know it today from the Empire State Building to the Pastrami sandwich only came into being in the 1930s, in what was perhaps the most significant decade in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stewart, Jules
Other Authors: Towles, Amor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Subjects:
1898-1999
Nineteen thirties.
Années trente (Vingtième siècle)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Nineteen thirties
Social conditions
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1898-1951.
New York (State) > New York
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations ; Foreword by Amor Towles ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ; 2. The Little Flower and Goliath ; 3. Trouble in the Streets ; 4. 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' ; 5. All That Jazz ; 6. Gotham Gets a Facelift ; 7. The Thing about Skyscrapers ; 8. Seventy-Seventh Floor, Please ; 9. Anything You Can Do ; 10. You're the Top ; 11. They All Laughed at Rockefeller Center ; 12. Village Life ; 13. Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Images Section ; Index.

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